Comments on: Geeks Do Not Have Pedigrees, Or Perfect Punk Rock Resumes: In Which I Spring to the Defense of Diablo Cody http://tigerbeatdown.com/2009/07/06/geeks-do-not-have-pedigrees-or-perfect-punk-rock-resumes-in-which-i-spring-to-the-defense-of-diablo-cody/ Kumbaya Motherf*cker Central Wed, 16 May 2012 16:49:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Feminism to a neurotic extreme » Blog Archive » Women’s Studies Meets Slasher Flick: Result Is Not Quite Ginger Snaps http://tigerbeatdown.com/2009/07/06/geeks-do-not-have-pedigrees-or-perfect-punk-rock-resumes-in-which-i-spring-to-the-defense-of-diablo-cody/comment-page-1/#comment-3391 Feminism to a neurotic extreme » Blog Archive » Women’s Studies Meets Slasher Flick: Result Is Not Quite Ginger Snaps Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:49:12 +0000 http://tigerbeatdown.com/?p=339#comment-3391 [...] Similarly, many feminist viewers were upset that this wasn’t the gem they were promised by the trailer. It’s a female monster and a female heroine! No virgins! And all the victims are boys! This Is Not Your Mother’s Horror Flick! [...] [...] Similarly, many feminist viewers were upset that this wasn’t the gem they were promised by the trailer. It’s a female monster and a female heroine! No virgins! And all the victims are boys! This Is Not Your Mother’s Horror Flick! [...]

]]> By: My love letter to Sady : kelleyeskridge.com http://tigerbeatdown.com/2009/07/06/geeks-do-not-have-pedigrees-or-perfect-punk-rock-resumes-in-which-i-spring-to-the-defense-of-diablo-cody/comment-page-1/#comment-2147 My love letter to Sady : kelleyeskridge.com Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:35:18 +0000 http://tigerbeatdown.com/?p=339#comment-2147 [...] love your blog . I discovered it thanks to a reader who pointed me to your post on Jennifer’s Body. Hmm, I thought, who is this cool woman who is such a master of the exclamation point and talks [...] [...] love your blog . I discovered it thanks to a reader who pointed me to your post on Jennifer’s Body. Hmm, I thought, who is this cool woman who is such a master of the exclamation point and talks [...]

]]> By: emylie_bo_bemylie http://tigerbeatdown.com/2009/07/06/geeks-do-not-have-pedigrees-or-perfect-punk-rock-resumes-in-which-i-spring-to-the-defense-of-diablo-cody/comment-page-1/#comment-1696 emylie_bo_bemylie Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:06:53 +0000 http://tigerbeatdown.com/?p=339#comment-1696 @womenwithpants<br />Yeah, you make really good points about "Teeth." I had really looked forward to seeing it, but upon seeing it I realized I clearly hadn't thought it through at all. The scariest part of the movie was when the first boy raped her in the cave, not because of the penis chopping but the rape. It was just horrible for the protagonist and the fact that he was suffered as a result of raping her didn't make it better for her at all, quite frankly it just made it more terrifying for her. Yeah, basically the worst super power ever. @womenwithpants
Yeah, you make really good points about "Teeth." I had really looked forward to seeing it, but upon seeing it I realized I clearly hadn't thought it through at all. The scariest part of the movie was when the first boy raped her in the cave, not because of the penis chopping but the rape. It was just horrible for the protagonist and the fact that he was suffered as a result of raping her didn't make it better for her at all, quite frankly it just made it more terrifying for her. Yeah, basically the worst super power ever.

]]> By: Broggly http://tigerbeatdown.com/2009/07/06/geeks-do-not-have-pedigrees-or-perfect-punk-rock-resumes-in-which-i-spring-to-the-defense-of-diablo-cody/comment-page-1/#comment-1681 Broggly Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:48:58 +0000 http://tigerbeatdown.com/?p=339#comment-1681 @Anon2<br />And in Carrie they make it really obvious without having to say it. Plus summing up the themes of the movie in about 30 seconds: It's just blood, laughter and then KILLING SPREE<br /><br />I came to your blog because of Antichrist, so I'm definitely going to see this movie at some point. @Anon2
And in Carrie they make it really obvious without having to say it. Plus summing up the themes of the movie in about 30 seconds: It's just blood, laughter and then KILLING SPREE

I came to your blog because of Antichrist, so I'm definitely going to see this movie at some point.

]]> By: M. Caliban http://tigerbeatdown.com/2009/07/06/geeks-do-not-have-pedigrees-or-perfect-punk-rock-resumes-in-which-i-spring-to-the-defense-of-diablo-cody/comment-page-1/#comment-1634 M. Caliban Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:56:12 +0000 http://tigerbeatdown.com/?p=339#comment-1634 I don't like horror movies because... Well, fear is scary. <br /><br />The trailer draws me for all the wrong reasons. Female sexuality run amuck and murdering people? Sign me up! I can only hope it leads to the symbolic collapse of civilization. Not to mention this is by the writer of Juno, and she's a cute girl who calls herself Diablo. <br /><br />If a guy puts her down for being a stripper, it's obviously because he's jealous that he couldn't be a stripper. I don't like horror movies because… Well, fear is scary.

The trailer draws me for all the wrong reasons. Female sexuality run amuck and murdering people? Sign me up! I can only hope it leads to the symbolic collapse of civilization. Not to mention this is by the writer of Juno, and she's a cute girl who calls herself Diablo.

If a guy puts her down for being a stripper, it's obviously because he's jealous that he couldn't be a stripper.

]]> By: Anonymous http://tigerbeatdown.com/2009/07/06/geeks-do-not-have-pedigrees-or-perfect-punk-rock-resumes-in-which-i-spring-to-the-defense-of-diablo-cody/comment-page-1/#comment-1630 Anonymous Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:04:36 +0000 http://tigerbeatdown.com/?p=339#comment-1630 "No, I mean really evil. Not high school evil."<br />As someone who is still suffering Buffy withdrawal symptoms, this line made me chortle. "No, I mean really evil. Not high school evil."
As someone who is still suffering Buffy withdrawal symptoms, this line made me chortle.

]]> By: Anonymous http://tigerbeatdown.com/2009/07/06/geeks-do-not-have-pedigrees-or-perfect-punk-rock-resumes-in-which-i-spring-to-the-defense-of-diablo-cody/comment-page-1/#comment-1629 Anonymous Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:52:14 +0000 http://tigerbeatdown.com/?p=339#comment-1629 Pathogen is a zombie film written, directed, produced, and edited by Emily Hagins, who was twelve at the time. I haven't seen it but I saw a documentary about the making of her film called Zombie Girl. It was thoroughly enjoyable and featured an awesome mother-daughter relationship. Pathogen is a zombie film written, directed, produced, and edited by Emily Hagins, who was twelve at the time. I haven't seen it but I saw a documentary about the making of her film called Zombie Girl. It was thoroughly enjoyable and featured an awesome mother-daughter relationship.

]]> By: berryblade http://tigerbeatdown.com/2009/07/06/geeks-do-not-have-pedigrees-or-perfect-punk-rock-resumes-in-which-i-spring-to-the-defense-of-diablo-cody/comment-page-1/#comment-1624 berryblade Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:12:26 +0000 http://tigerbeatdown.com/?p=339#comment-1624 I like movies made by women. I also LOVE horror movies, but to me this kind of just seems... shit? In my humble opinion of course. I don't know, it just seems to be another boring god damned horror movie, but I think some of my cynacism stems from having a friend who's mum is a coroner and shares stories, spending years watching shit like August's Underground, Slaughtered Vomit Dolls (soft-core snuff, if that's even a good way of putting it, which I doubt,) has probably vastly desensitised me and disillusioned me to violence/horror films in general. <br /><br />I agree with Tayi that:<br />" I mean, yes, you can see "Naked Megan Fox unhinging her jaw and eating a guy" as a rebuke of attempts to minimize/hide female sexuality, but can't it also be interpreted as *reinforcing* the idea that vaginas are scary and evil and icky? I guess I want to see how it plays out in the movie before concluding that this is going to be a positive thing."<br /><br />I don't get why female killers in movies ALWAYS have to be somewhat sexualised/"get their tits out"/whatever. I want to see a movie about a woman (who isn't Aileen Wuornos) who kills just because she likes to. Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby kind of satisfied that yesterday, but no way in a pink fit would I call that a horror movie. Or decent. It's a b grade disaster, but a good b grade disaster imho.<br /><br />Good (and by that I mean well constructed), strong women characters in horror movies are hard to come by, and from what I see on the trailer, I'm still not convinced. I'm going to second the notion of watching Audition and Ginger Snaps but I will also say watch a movie called "May" which is a really, awesome constructed horror movie. Also, Catacombs (with Alecia Moore aka Pink) is also a semi-decent horror movie.<br /><br />Until my zombie movies/horror movies get made, and seeing as I don't have a spare 10k to make one, I don't think we'll see good horror movies involving women as more than just crazy nymphos or passive victims for a while yet :( I like movies made by women. I also LOVE horror movies, but to me this kind of just seems… shit? In my humble opinion of course. I don't know, it just seems to be another boring god damned horror movie, but I think some of my cynacism stems from having a friend who's mum is a coroner and shares stories, spending years watching shit like August's Underground, Slaughtered Vomit Dolls (soft-core snuff, if that's even a good way of putting it, which I doubt,) has probably vastly desensitised me and disillusioned me to violence/horror films in general.

I agree with Tayi that:
" I mean, yes, you can see "Naked Megan Fox unhinging her jaw and eating a guy" as a rebuke of attempts to minimize/hide female sexuality, but can't it also be interpreted as *reinforcing* the idea that vaginas are scary and evil and icky? I guess I want to see how it plays out in the movie before concluding that this is going to be a positive thing."

I don't get why female killers in movies ALWAYS have to be somewhat sexualised/"get their tits out"/whatever. I want to see a movie about a woman (who isn't Aileen Wuornos) who kills just because she likes to. Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby kind of satisfied that yesterday, but no way in a pink fit would I call that a horror movie. Or decent. It's a b grade disaster, but a good b grade disaster imho.

Good (and by that I mean well constructed), strong women characters in horror movies are hard to come by, and from what I see on the trailer, I'm still not convinced. I'm going to second the notion of watching Audition and Ginger Snaps but I will also say watch a movie called "May" which is a really, awesome constructed horror movie. Also, Catacombs (with Alecia Moore aka Pink) is also a semi-decent horror movie.

Until my zombie movies/horror movies get made, and seeing as I don't have a spare 10k to make one, I don't think we'll see good horror movies involving women as more than just crazy nymphos or passive victims for a while yet :(

]]> By: misfish http://tigerbeatdown.com/2009/07/06/geeks-do-not-have-pedigrees-or-perfect-punk-rock-resumes-in-which-i-spring-to-the-defense-of-diablo-cody/comment-page-1/#comment-1623 misfish Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:32:45 +0000 http://tigerbeatdown.com/?p=339#comment-1623 Ooh, lady-horror week sounds excellent. How about Trouble Every Day? Genuinely disturbing in that it made me have to go lie down on the bathroom floor until the buzzing went away. Ooh, lady-horror week sounds excellent. How about Trouble Every Day? Genuinely disturbing in that it made me have to go lie down on the bathroom floor until the buzzing went away.

]]> By: Chai Latte http://tigerbeatdown.com/2009/07/06/geeks-do-not-have-pedigrees-or-perfect-punk-rock-resumes-in-which-i-spring-to-the-defense-of-diablo-cody/comment-page-1/#comment-1622 Chai Latte Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:58:38 +0000 http://tigerbeatdown.com/?p=339#comment-1622 Woo! This comes out on my birthday, huzzah!<br /><br />And I hear ya, Sady--I don't hate Diablo Cody either! I own 'Juno'! :D Woo! This comes out on my birthday, huzzah!

And I hear ya, Sady–I don't hate Diablo Cody either! I own 'Juno'! :D

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